Claims pour in for Missouri Pacific fire damages
About thirty crop fire damage claims have reached E B Ewing the Missouri Pacific claim agent covering territory from Sedalia to Kansas City on the L and S division. George E Goodwin of Centerview seeks 775 for burned fields with others ranging to a few dollars. Most claims settle out of court and more are expected if dry weather continues. The article also notes a separate 1897 accident at Rosenburg where Cambron lost both legs attempting to couple cars. judgment for 15000 was affirmed, despite a contributory negligence defense by the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Kansas City
George E. Goodwin
Centerview
Rosenburg
Cambron
Supreme Court
Remains of Frank Mitchick Laid to Rest in Brookfield
Frank Mitchick son of Joseph Mitchick a Hannibal & St. Joseph railroad conductor died Friday in Brookfield after contracting swamp fever in the south. He was an employee of the M K and T and funeral services were held at St Marys cemetery with pallbearers C O Clark Wm Lowe Thomas Bird Harry Peck Richard Revelle and Peck Stevenson. The article notes railroad expansion plans from Hannibal to Versailles and possible ties to Clinton Sedalia and Boonville with anticipated operation this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mitchick
Joseph Mitchick
Hannibal & St. Joseph
Brookfield
Sedalia
St. Mary’s Ceme
Messrs
C. O. Clark
Wm. Lowe
Thomas Bird
Harry Peck
Richard Revelle
Peck Stevenson
Hannibal Courier-Post
Maries
Miller Counties
H. F. Balsh & Co
St. Louis
Isham E. Alexander
Alexander
Versailles
Boonville
Lebanon
Gould Plans to Resign Presidency of Gould Lines
New York report states George J Gould will resign as president of the Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain systems and become chairman of the boards of directors for all Gould lines including the Denver and Rio Grande. He already heads several lines and could elevate Western managers to presidents with centralized operations from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould Lines
New York
George J. Gould
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
Gould
Denver and
Rio Grande
St. Louis
Iron Mountain and Southern
Texas and Pacific
International and Great Norther
Denver and Rio Grande
Edwin
Cotton Belt
St. Louis Southwestern
Howard
Frank
Gould Properties
Fellow Servant Law Upheld in Rail Accident Case
Jefferson City June 29 Lewis E Cambron won a 15000 judgment against the Omaha and St Louis Railroad for the loss of both legs after an on duty injury. The supreme court upheld the state fellow servant law in the decision. Cambron age 22 was a brakeman on a local freight train from Stanberry Missouri to Council Bluffs Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Lewis E. Cambron
Supreme Court
Omaha & St. Louis Railroad Company
Cambron
Stanberry
Council Bluffs
Parsons May Get Offices In Parsons Kansas
Parsons Kansas June 29 reports say Missouri Kansas and Texas general offices may move from St Louis to Parsons due to rent concerns. Rail officials see incentives like a new Record building as a shift toward Parsons becoming a general headquarters. A separate Warrensburg incident saw a Missouri Pacific freight narrowly stop before colliding with an eastbound passenger train as air brakes failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons, Kas
St. Louis
Missouri, Kansas and Texas General
Parsons
Kansas City
Memphis
Record
Katy
General
Missouri Pacific
Warrensburg
Electric Light
Messrs
Duncan, Burnett and Lovall
Invades a Private Car in Kansas Assault on GM Car
June 29 Wichita Kansas M Donelson a Rock Island fireman drunk entered the private car of General Manager Russel Harding Missouri Pacific and assaulted occupants. Harding not aboard. Donelson says a porter insulted him. The crew defended with available weapons. Donelson fought the officer who tried to arrest him using his club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita, Kas
Babies on the Track in Kansas Tragedy
Lee and Leonard Cook twin children 18 months old were struck by a Central Branch Missouri Pacific train at a crossing 3.5 miles west of Woodston in Rooks county. One child died instantly, the other fatally injured. Parents Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cook reside near the railroad. A sharp curve hid them until the train was almost upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Kas
Lee
Leonard Cook
Central Branch
Missouri Pacific
Woodston
Rooks County
C. C. Cook
Osage Country Rail Line Promises Market Access
A Missouri rail boom drives the St. Louis and Colorado line into the Osage country. D. R. Francis leads a St. Louis syndicate building the road with rails extending to Maries county and grading advancing. By August the line should reach Gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
St. Louis and
Colorado
St. Louis
D. R. Francis
Maries County
Maddox Appointed Brakeman for Katy Railroad
William G. Maddox left this morning for New Franklin Missouri to begin duties as brakeman in the train service of the Katy. He will report to work tomorrow morning and will make New Franklin his headquarters. Maddox previously worked as a switch man in the Burlington yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Maddox
New Franklin
Katy
Maddox
Burlington
Hannibal Courier-Post
Hospital Arrivals
Arthur Flannigan a crusher laborer from Chickie Chockie B Mancrief a coal heaver from South McAlester and H Sack a stonemason from Denison are listed as arrivals at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Flannigan
Chickie Chockie
B. Mancrief
South McAlester
H. Sack
Stonemason
Denison
Engine Breaks Down at Versailles Branch
An engine breakdown disrupted service at the Versailles branch on Saturday morning causing notable inconvenience to customers and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Railway Employes Union Expands Coast to Coast
The United Brotherhood of Railway Employes, formed two months ago in San Francisco, spreads along the Pacific and heads east. A Katy inspection party from Parsons, including J. A. Davis and C. H. Morrill, toured Nevada and Eldorado before returning to Texas bound excursion traffic and heavy Fourth of July travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brotherhood of Railway Employes
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Algamated Association of Railway Employes
Katy
J. A. Davis
C. H. Morrill
John Jamison
Parsons
Nevada
Eldorado
J. A. Daly
Indian Territory
Denison
Texas
Man Found Dead in Sealed Coal Car at Denison
A body was found Tuesday in a sealed Katy box car loaded with coal at Denison. The end door was open and it is supposed the man crawled in and died after about ten days. One side of the body had been eaten by rats. General Superintendent Sweeney remarks on the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katy
Denison
Trains and wreck debris link Butler to Sedalia rail news
Kansas City division inspectors return from trip while debris from the Missouri Pacific wreck at Butler is brought to Sedalia on flatcars. A Katy brakeman B E Davis died at Canadian I T. Numerous Missouri Pacific and Katy employees face layoffs or transfers, and delays affect No. 2. A Sentinel staffer Floyd Tuley resigns to join a surveying corps in Indian territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Missouri Pacific
Knob Noster
Floyd Tuley
The
Sentinel
A. B. Thurston
Indian Territory
C. E. Johns
Noah Storms
Independence
Sedalia
Katy
Thatcher's Ford
C. P. Curtis
C. S. Evans
W. C. Weir
Nelson Bellas
B. B. Mercer
McDougal Resigns Burlington Post to Go to Kansas City
Mr. McDougal of Sedalia who recently moved to Hannibal tendered his resignation as clerk in the Burlington freight office last evening and will leave today or tomorrow for Kansas City. He has been offered a lucrative position in the stock yards there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDougal
Sedalia
Hannibal
Burlington
Kansas City
Hannibal Courier-Post
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E. B. Ewing
Tery
Canade River
Clinton
George Gould
Missouri Supreme Court
Wall Paper
E. 5Th Street
George E Dugan
East Fifth Street
Rock Island
Negro Porter
Babies
Train
Brotherhood
So. Rk. Tf
Sweeney
Sedalia, Mo
Hail’s
Madras
Chambry
J. D. Hail Dry Goods Co
Welch
Wirth
Butler
Fort Scott Tribune
B.E. Davis
Canadian
I. T
Car
Thage
T. Holman
Ed Kent
Morris McCabe
Scheer and Boyle
J. T. Holman
Watt Williams
John Horton
Knopple and Williams
Col
A. C. Miner
Higginsville
Atkinson
Baird
Lexington
A. R. Thickett
St. Louis, Con
A. Turner
Hank Royce
E. H. Calef
F. E. Kunkler
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